Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station
Far East [NCTS FE]
U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Far East [NCTS FE] Headquarters is located in Building B-37 onboard Commander, Fleet Activities (COMFLEACT) Yokosuka Japan. NTCC Yokosuka supports delivery of message traffic to over 220 SEVENTH Fleet and supporting units through the use of 70 dial-in GateGuards and one Message Distribution Terminal (MDT) Super Hub, a NOVA Suite and an MMS Suite. The Technical Control Facility provides Command and Control and associated support to customers throughout the Kanto Plain through over 245 circuits which connect operational units voice, video and data circuits and networks. Other communication services, such as remote control of transmitters and receivers, are also supported by Tech Control. Also located on COMFLEACT Yokosuka in Building C-20 is the following command function: Base Communications Support (N2). In COMFLEACT Yokosuka Building B-1942 are: Supply Officer (N7) and Comptroller (007). NCTS FE supports telephone connectivity for official and unofficial customers. The telephone system is integrated with the local commercial system and the Defense Switched Network (DSN).
NAVCOMTELSTA Far East consists of 8 geographically dispersed sites located in Japan and South Korea. NCTS FE stretches from Misawa in the north to Okinawa in the south and from Yokosuka in the east to Chinhae Korea in the west.
Two Naval Telecommunications Centers (NTCCs) at:
Two transmitter sites at:
Two Tactical Support Centers (TSC's):
Two remotely controlled receiver sites:
Four Base Communications Offices (BCOs) to provide telephone service:
NAVCOMTELSTA Far East was originally designated as Naval Communications Facility, Yokosuka Japan and was commissioned on 8 January 1951 after the outbreak of the Korean Conflict. In December 1952, U.S. Naval Radio Receiving Facility, Kami Seya, Japan was completed and the Security Group Department and general service receivers were moved to Kami Seya. During the Korean Conflict, the rest of NAVCOMMFAC Yokosuka moved to Kami Seya. In 1960, the command was redesignated U.S. Naval Communications Facility Japan and relocated to Yokosuka Japan. The following year, the command was again redesignated as U.S. Naval Communications Station, Japan. This name stood for 30 years until 1991, when it was changed to U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Japan to acknowledge the increasing reliance on computers and telephones in telecommunications. Also in 1991, NTCCs Atsugi and Sasebo and NAVCOMM Dets Okinawa and Misawa were functionally transferred to NAVCOMTELSTA Japan. 1993 saw the transfer of Base Communications Offices (BCOs) at Atsugi, Sasebo and Yokosuka to NAVCOMTELSTA Japan. Then in 1995, another name change to U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Far East occurred with the functional transfer of the Communications Department from Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae, Korea to this command and the establishment of NAVCOMM Det Chinhae.
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